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Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Minneapolis, mn
Date Reviewed: 8/7/2007 4:56:19 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Strengths: | Reasonably durable, cheap |
| Weaknesses: | Heavy |
| Similar Products Tried: | Time, SPD's |
| Bottom Line: | I actually picked two pairs of these up back in 2000 and used them for about 6 years on both of my bikes. Each pedal has seen about 5,000 miles of use and I was amazed that they held up that long. I never had a problem with clicking in or releasing. The best 10 dollars per pair that I ever spent. They both died within the same month when the screws sheared off that holds part of the pedal together. They had seen their time. I ride mainly technical single track and they had been bashed on many a rock. |
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Submitted by
Juliet Doty
a Cross Country Rider
from Fresno, CA, USA,
Date Reviewed: 4/27/2006 6:53:04 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Price Paid: | $80 |
| Strengths: | Easy to clip in and out of. Tougher than you know what |
| Weaknesses: | Weight |
| Bike Setup: | Ti Dean with XT components and Rock Shox SID |
| Bottom Line: | I was curious to look at reviews of this pedal just because I have these (they're 5+ years old so I don't know if they're the same model, although they look like it from the pic) and I've beat the crap out of them and they still work great. I've crashed HARD, hit these pedals on God knows how many rock, trees, curbs, etc. and they've still held up. I love how adjustable they are and have ridden Eggbeaters and can't see how anyone gets clipped out in time mtn. biking. These pedals are 5-6 yrs. old and have COUNTLESS rides/races on them and they still work great. My only complaint - weight... |
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Submitted by
Ken
a Weekend Warrior
from Somerville, NJ
Date Reviewed: 2/27/2006 6:46:55 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | Low maintenance Cheap |
| Weaknesses: | Poor quality Inconsistent clipping Not suited to larger riders |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 7000 |
| Bottom Line: | These pedals are fine if you're generally easy on your bike and always remember to 'break out' the right way. If you do anything serious, weigh more than 150 lbs, or are the kind of rider who tends to break parts look elsewhere as you'll go through a pair a season. |
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Submitted by
Mike Rowland
a Weekend Warrior
from Jaffrey, NH
Date Reviewed: 8/26/2005 4:18:53 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | Garbage pail! |
| Strengths: | Strengths? |
| Weaknesses: | The fact that they fit on a bike!! |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano 515 |
| Bike Setup: | 2001 Specialized Rockhopper pro - stock (minus tires) |
| Bottom Line: | Every crap review these petals got they deserve! I will stick with my 515's until I sell bone marow for new petals! Just read the revew on the 515's (it isn't pretty!) these petals are WORSE!!! Here's why: 1: You can't crank they tight enough to not release at a moments notice. 2: The clog up so F#@*ing fast. If you even look at mud, sticks, or stones you are screwed. If you ride fire roads with a big fat pad on your seat and want to try clipless don't bother with them. I got them free and they still suck! |
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Submitted by
Ryan
a Cross Country Rider
from San Jose, Ca
Date Reviewed: 2/25/2004 12:03:30 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Sweetness, Santa Cruz Ca |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $25 |
| Purchased At: | eBay |
| Strengths: | Cheap on eBay. Tthe cleat looks cool. |
| Weaknesses: | The cleat is made of stronger material then the pedal material (ware on the pedal not the cleat). Mud/Wood clogs them up easy. They squeak even after maintenance. Not made for daily riders. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano, Wellgo, ICON (mtb) Look & Time (road)... demo'ed and switching to CB egg beaters. |
| Bike Setup: | Bontrager with XTR shifting, Bontrager Crank, Truvativ BB, Avid Brakes, Chris King Headset. |
| Bottom Line: | Well they are cheap and work... but you get what you pay for. If your a light (lbs. and amount of time on the bike) rider they will work fine. If you ride as much as I do regardless of your weight spend the money and get something better. |
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Submitted by
Andy
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Collins, CO
Date Reviewed: 10/31/2003 3:40:40 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Flowers |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Reliable, light, tough, easy to get in. |
| Weaknesses: | Easier to get out of then in, occasionally my foot get trapped. |
| Similar Products Tried: | SPD |
| Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler, full XTR except for Avid brakes, Fox float, Romic RD, plenty of other aftermarket crap.... |
| Bottom Line: | These are the first clipless pedals I've used consistently after being disappointed with SPDs a few years back. I got them for free from a friend and was a bit cautious as they appeared to be bashed to all hell. I bought some new SPD multi-release cleats for them and they've worked perfectly (almost) from the start of the season - I haven't even had to lube them yet. I've been really rough on them and never really had a problem except for my right pedal not releasing maybe once in every five or six rides. I bash them on rocks like crazy - you know what I mean if you ride out here. I can't speak for their mud-shedding as it isn't eco-friendly, nor safe, to ride in Colorado mud (it's a desert out here most of the time.) The only thing I wish I could change is that it's harder to get in then to get out of them. I have to set the release a bit looser then I would like in order to get in them easily. Maybe the problem is my skill and not the pedal. Oh yeah, and that 2.5mm allen head is a stupid size! |
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Submitted by
Dirk
a Cross Country Rider
from Gallup, NM
Date Reviewed: 9/30/2003 1:41:20 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Bear Cave |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Weaknesses: | These pedals do not last. In the course of a single season, I went through two pair. The cheap screws simply break off at the head time and time again. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano, Time, Crank Bros |
| Bottom Line: | The only way I would recommend these pedals is if you are given them for free and are saving your pennies for another pair. |
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Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from New York
Date Reviewed: 8/23/2003 5:03:14 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | anywhere |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Purchased At: | already on bike |
| Strengths: | easy to get into, with loud click |
| Weaknesses: | cheap and weak construction, the release is not consistent, border on unsafe |
| Similar Products Tried: | Time ATAC |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 |
| Bottom Line: | I these pedals came on a Trek i brought a few year ago, and were on a friend's Trek i use about a month ago. Quality has remained poor. I would prefer that Trek bikes were sold with no pedals instead. If you do buy Trek, see if the shop will let you swap out the pedal for some thing else. |
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Submitted by
marino
from edmonton
Date Reviewed: 7/6/2003 9:14:44 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Bottom Line: | I had these pedals for a couple of years as they came stock on my first "nice" bike, so they were also my first experience clipless pedals and at first I loved them and thought that they were the greatest pedals ever... I soon realized that I didn't love the pedals but the feeling of being clipped in, more control, more power...all that stuff, it only took a couple of rides in some muddy areas and less that great weather... at first I thought that it was the tension so I tightened that up then it felt like my cleats were crap so I got new ones and finaly looked down and reallized that I had to big fat mud drumsticks hanging off of my cranks... I have now had several rides in thick muddy conditions and that is often what I ride in ( the last two years have been abnormally dry ) and I have to stop and clear the pedaly with a stick or I will not get clipped in...that is total bullsh##$%T!!!!! they are absolutely terrible pedals,,, I have since uprgraded to the alomost god like time atac, and think that I will jump up again to crank bros beaters... these pedals were great to let me discover what I wanted and didn't want but other than that they are total garbage... save your money and spend all the time you will save pissing around with these garbage pedals and get some atac's or some egg beaters |
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Submitted by
GREG JONES
a Weekend Warrior
from MORGANTON,NC
Date Reviewed: 7/6/2003 10:47:55 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | catawabba river park |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $15 |
| Purchased At: | A BIKE SHOW |
| Strengths: | VERY EASY CLIPPING IN AND OUT! |
| Weaknesses: | A LITTLE TIGHT |
| Similar Products Tried: | WELLGO |
| Bottom Line: | GREAT PEADALS FOR THE PRICE |
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Submitted by
Wayde
a Cross Country Rider
from York, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: 6/3/2003 7:12:07 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $56 |
| Purchased At: | Adventure Cycling & Ebay |
| Strengths: | Entry and Release, Looks, Durabilty, Mud Shedding, Reliable |
| Weaknesses: | A little on the tight side, weight 337g on my scale |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano M515, M536 |
| Bike Setup: | '00 Trek 8500 Complete XT 9 speed ; '03 Cannondale Jekyll 1000 Complete XT 9 speed |
| Bottom Line: | I have these on both my bikes that is how much I liked them. When I find something I like I stay with it. I liked these pedals so much on my Trek when I bought my Jekyll I looked for them on Ebay and found them for $22.00 with cleats and shipping. However, I would have paid full price for them again. It is just to bad Bontrager stopped making the best product they ever built. I live in PA and this has been the wettest season I can remember in my 32 years on earth and these pedals shed mud perfectly. While my buddies are kicking their cleats on their pedals trying to engage I'm locked in and gone. And when it's time to release I'm out fast everytime. As for strengh I have 2837 miles on my Trek with the RE-1's and they work like new. I have had them apart twice to re-grease and that is it. IMHO the RE-1 are the best pedal out there at a great price. You should buy this product if you ride XC and want a great pedal at a fantastic price. |
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Submitted by
Joe
from Mountain View, CA
Date Reviewed: 5/12/2003 12:28:53 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | * Light * Cheap - can be found on E-bay for under 40 bucks * Easy engagement and disengagement |
| Weaknesses: | * Tight bearings * NOT DURABLE - the platform on both pedals broke within 5 months of ROAD use! |
| Bottom Line: | I'm not sure how long pedals are supposed to last, but I'm sure they are expected to last for at least a year. However, within a few months of on-road use, the cheap metal platform (where the cleat engages) has broken off on both pedals! I don't consider myself hard on components. I'm not even that heavy a rider either (under 150 lbs). The bottom line is, during their short lifespan, they work fairly well- but after a few months you'll understand why they were so cheap. Watch out! |
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Submitted by
Richard Tibenham
a Downhiller
from Lincoln
Date Reviewed: 4/24/2003 10:01:51 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | castle hill,ludlow |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $50 |
| Purchased At: | bike bros. |
| Strengths: | weight, durabilty |
| Weaknesses: | bad engagement |
| Similar Products Tried: | shimano 535,858 |
| Bike Setup: | gary fisher sugar one, mainly stock set up |
| Bottom Line: | All this lot seem to like 'em, but personally i find them the worst pedals i've ever used. Engagement is very vague and difficult to locate, when using the bonty cleats supplied i found it was possible to jam the cleat in the pedal without it actually engaging and then when it came to disengagement you found your foot locked to the pedal. Mud clearance is average. Weight is good. They seem to carry on working without failure too.I'd Get yourself some Time atac s or shimano 858's. This was the first component i changed on the bike as i found them so poor. |
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Submitted by
steve
a Cross Country Rider
from poros, californica
Date Reviewed: 4/2/2003 6:29:26 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | Paul;'s |
| Strengths: | excellent mud shedding ability for the price, relatively light strong reliable |
| Weaknesses: | none really, never had any problems for the 14,000 miles I used them. (I went through 2 bikes while i had them) |
| Similar Products Tried: | shimano 595, wellgo cheapies |
| Bike Setup: | 03 Specialized Epic, 02 Marathon, mavic crossride wheelset, mutano raptor (front) Specialized Enduro Pro (rear), XTR rear, XT front, Eggbeater pedals, XT casette 11-32, answer carbon bars, answer Carbolite seatpost, WTB rocket V race, kore stem, various bolts and posts replaced with titanium. 25.5 Lbs |
| Bottom Line: | These have been the most reliable of components from the bikes this single pair has been on. Definitely buy these if you can find them! Deserving of 6 chills. |
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Submitted by
Aaron
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: 3/26/2003 3:49:55 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Preston |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | Light, Mud Shedding Cleat, Reliable, Cheap |
| Weaknesses: | Not made anymore!, Not as mud sheading as Time, Crank Bros, or the new 959. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shim 515, 959 Time ATAC Icon (Wellgo Style) |
| Bike Setup: | KHS steel hardtail |
| Bottom Line: | It is unfortunate that the evil empire (that would be TREK) discontinued the best Bontrager Product that they make (I'm talking post TREK Bontrager, not the old stuff that rocked!). Until the 959 arrived last year, this was my favorite pedal out there and I still use it on my hardtail. A hint to Shimano SPD users (except 858 and 959 users), get your hands on a set of RE-1 cleats and your SPD's will clear mud and work much better! Great pedal, I got two pairs so I think they will last for a while. |
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Submitted by
Bo Shim
a Cross Country Rider
from Cleveland, OH, USA
Date Reviewed: 3/20/2003 9:23:30 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | vultures nob |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $40 |
| Purchased At: | pricepoint.com |
| Strengths: | Cheap, solid design, easy to get in and out. |
| Weaknesses: | Manual is a bit weak. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano 929 |
| Bike Setup: | Zaskar X, Fox forx float 100 RL, Shimano XTR components, Ringle: stem, seat post, front hubs, rear hubs. |
| Bottom Line: | Overall the clipless pedals are a great bargin and a solid design for the price. Bontrager made an excellent pedal that performs well in most regular riding conditions. I have not yet tested them in severe mud, but I probably will not ride if it is in that condition. You cannot go wrong and excellent choice if you are transitioning into clipless. |
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Boobber Eyal
a Cross Country Rider
from Israel
Date Reviewed: 3/2/2003 11:07:50 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $40 |
| Strengths: | Durability- very very light - 288gm price !!! |
| Weaknesses: | had none- did not try them that often on mud- but when i did - they worked great. |
| Bike Setup: | gary fisher sugar 3 LX XT |
| Bottom Line: | These have my recpect. They do the job ( and will do- -just sold them with the bike ). Never have i had to give any attention to them - very rel. With the extra low BB on the 2001 sugar 3 - i bashed the hell out of em on roots, rocks, skulls... you name it - they looked like mess after one year of beating them - but they worked perfectly all along!!!!! hidden treasure !!! |
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Submitted by
Gary
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: 2/12/2003 11:50:35 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Tumalo Creek Swede Ridge |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $70 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Gallery |
| Strengths: | My first set of clipless, fractured my wrist the first time using them, but they adjusted well. Softening the adjustments holds easily but kicks out easily. Handles mud moderately well. |
| Weaknesses: | Tend to roll when not clipped in, but what standard clipless pedal doesn't? I am going to hybrid clipless/platform for my MTB. I like to unclip in the hairy sections (Call me chicken). For you pros and crazys there is something lighter and probably better. I have put them on my road/commuter and love them for that. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Nashbar el-cheapos: They work great for my inside trainer, but unclipping is a pain (and always was a shake of the dice in traffic)...(you get what you pay for) |
| Bike Setup: | Fisher Sugar 3 |
| Bottom Line: | Great clipless SPD pedal for general use. Smooth and effortless, once you get the adjustments correct. |
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